PLease tell me some movies I HAVE to see (1 Viewer)

[Ches Campbell]

I consider myself a movie lover and I have seen many, but there are so many that I have never seen that I hear people talk about all them time. PLease list some movies I have to see in oder to consider myself a movie freak. Just list some of the best all time movies. Every time I go to to the movie store I can never seem to find anything, but that is becasue I have no idea what most of the movies are.

SO all you movie buffs, help me out please.

Later

 

[Dylan Davis]

Suspira

Memento

Nightmare Before Christmas

Contact

Dylan

 

[Eric Thrall]

Skipping the ones I assume pretty much everyone's already seen (Star Wars original trilogy, Raiders of the Lost ark, Goodfellas, etc.), off the top of my head (and avoiding repeated suggestions), I'd recommend:

A Fish Called Wanda

The Godfather I and II

Almost Famous

Double Indemnity

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Lawrence of Arabia

Casablanca

The Princess Bride

Silent Movies:

Nosferatu (1922)

City Lights

The Kid Brother

Sherlock Jr.

 

[CharlesD]

Lawrence of Arabia
Casablanca
Citizen Kane
Apocalypse Now
Seve Samurai
Goodfellas
North By Northwest
Brazil

 

[Rich Malloy]

Limiting to those available on DVD:

Silent:

The Passion of Joan of Arc

City Lights

Nosferatu

Les Vampires

Early Talkie:

The Blue Angel

Vampyr

International:

Grand Illusion

Seven Samurai

I Know Where I'm Going!

Golden Age:

Wizard of Oz

Casablanca

His Girl Friday

Sullivan's Travels

Notorious

Musical:

Singing in the Rain

The Sound of Music

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Documentary/Cinema Verite:

Nanook of the North

Don't Look Back

Gimme Shelter/Grey Gardens/Salesman (pick 'em)

European Artfilm:

L'Avventura

8-1/2

The Seventh Seal

Ordet

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

"American New Wave":

Chinatown

Taxi Driver

Nashville

I'm sure I missed a bunch of key titles, but hopefully someone will help fill in the blanks!

 

[Bruce Hedtke]

Georgia
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
12 Angry Men
Belle Epoque
A Walk In The Clouds
Mean Streets
A Boy and His Dog
Bob Roberts
The Player
Dead Man Walking
Heavenly Creatures
The Seventh Seal
Desperado
Unforgiven
and, any and every Zhang Yimou film you can get your hands on.
Bruce

 

[Brad_W]

American Psycho (unrated)

Bad Lieutenant

Bad Taste

The Beyond

Phenomena

Dead Alive

The Hellraiser series

In The Mouth of Madness

JFK

The Last Temptation of Christ

A Life Less Ordinary

Lord of Illusions

Mission To Mars

Nightbreed

Ninja Scroll

Opera

The Planet of the Apes (original)

Prince of Egypt

Princess Mononoke

Samurai 1 - Musashi Miyamoto

Samurai 2 - Duel at Ichijoji Temple

Samurai 3 - Duel at Ganryu Island

Sanjuro

Yojimbo

Sleepers

The Time Machine

The Wicker Man

Just a couple of ideas.

 

[Rain]

I've confined myself to those available on DVD (and ones that I in fact own):

2001: A Space Odyssey

Vertigo

The General

The Godfather

The Godfather Part II

The Best Years of Our Lives

Gone With the Wind

Casablanca

The Philadelphia Story

La Grande Illusion

The Red Shoes

Duck Soup

Modern Times

City Lights

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

A Clockwork Orange

The Big Sleep

The Maltese Falcon

M

Rear Window

It Happened One Night

The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

The Searchers

Red River

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Dumbo

Annie Hall

Manhattan

The Manchurian Candidate

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Citizen Kane

Sherlock Jr.

Sabrina

Seven Samurai

Singin' in the Rain

The Last Picture Show

I could go on and on for days....

 

[Holadem]

The Best Years of Our Lives

I am glad someone actually mentioned this. It is one of the best movies I have ever seen. It totally took me by surprise since I had never heard of it. It won Best Picture I believe, but I just don't see it mentioned much for some reason. GREAT FILM!

--

Holadem

 

[SteveGon]

The Third Man is available as a fine Criterion dvd.
I also recommend Universal's Dracula (1931) dvd which features the Lugosi version as well as a Spanish version that was filmed simultaneously.
Also:
Aguirre: The Wrath Of God
Dawn of the Dead
Paths of Glory
Chicken Run
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
The Train
I'll stop now! Happy movie-watching!

 

[Rain]

The Third Man is available as a fine Criterion dvd.

I can't believe I missed that one (not to mention Paths of Glory and Dawn of the Dead)

 

[Nick Sievers]

Badlands
Rififi (Best Heist Movie)
The Gold Rush
Blood Simple
Notorious
Rear Window
Vertigo
Raging Bull
Taxi Driver
The French Connection I & II
8 1/2
Grand Illusion
M
Amores Perros
American Movie
Brazil
The Godfather Trilogy
Annie Hall
Manhattan
Deconstructing Harry
Natural Born Killers
you could go on forever, and I will:
North by Northwest
Nosferatu
The Seventh Seal
sex, lies and videotape
Traffic
Unbearable Lightness of Being
ok thats enough

 

[RobertR]

The Day the Earth Stood Still

The Adventures of Robin Hood

 

[Ches Campbell]

Thanks for al the ideas guys. I have been making a list of movies I have never seen that have gotten good reviews (by friends, critics, and y'all) and it is well over 100 movies and I know there are tons more. Makes me realize how behind I am. I looked for a lot of movies today at the video store, and most are not on DVD, which is the only video player I have. Oh well, I guess I'll have to get a VCR sooner or later and then I can watch some more.

THe main movies I want to see right now are:

Apocalypse Now

Citizen Kane

North by Northwest

Goodfellas

as of right now, the best movie I have seen is Memento. I knew nothing about it except my English Professor told me to rent it. I did and was blown away. I had never even heard of it before then. I don't even think the theaters in my town got it.

Glad to see someone mention Contact. That is a good movie.

My top ten so far are:

1. Memento

2. Usual Suspects

3. The Matrix

4. The Shawshank Redemption

5. Braveheart

6. Pulp Fiction

7. Fight Club

8. Silence of the Lambs

9. Rear Window

10.Gladiator

I can't wait to see all of the one's y'all mentioned.

Keep em comin.

Later

 

[JonZ]

I cant give you a very good list of the "classics".I dont care for a lot of them, but heres my list off the top of my head:
2001 A Space Odyssey
Apocalypse Now
A Clockwork Orange
Seven Samurai
Ran
Rashomon
The Wild Bunch
And Justice For All
Untouchables
Dr Strangelove
Chinatown
Jaws
Full Metal Jacket
The Godfather Trilogy
Citizen Kane
The Shining
Blade Runner
Star Wars Trilogy
Goodfellas
Raging Bull
Last Temptation Of Christ
Raiders Of The Lost Ark
Vertigo
Bugsy
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
DragonSlayer
Amadeus
Robocop
Silence Of THe Lmbs
Big Lebowski
Fargo
Bound
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
Gattaca
Glory
Memento
Platoon
Schindlers List
Superman The Movie
Pink Floyd The Wall
Halloween
John Carpenters The Thing
Requiem For A Dream
Malcolm X
A Touch Of Evil
Psycho
Nixon
Born On The Fourth Of July
Drugstore Cowboy
The Doors
Excalibur
JFK
Pulp Fiction
Jackie Brown
Scarface
Heat
The War Zone
A Simple Plan
Alien
Aliens
Re-Animator
Evil Dead 2 Dead By Dawn
Jacobs Ladder
Dead Man Walking
Fight Club
Saving PRivate Ryan
The THin Red Line
American History X
People vs Larry Flynt
Shawshank Redemption
Dirty Harry
Magnolia
Boogie Nights
Hard Eight
Usual Suspects
Scarface
The Road Warrior
Babe
Monty Python & Holy Grail
Monty Python & Maaning of Life
The Rivers Edge
Dances With Wolves
The Good The Bad and The Ugly
Toy Story & Sequel
Exotica
Ed Wood
Hearts Of Darkness A Filmakers Apocalypse
Die Hard
Last Emperor
Ghandi
Breaking Away
Taxi Driver
Patton
City Of Lost Children
The Exorcist
That should keep you busy for awhile.
All of these films get my highest possible recommendation.

 

[Joseph Young]

Again, taking a short page from my own collection:
Brief Encounter (1945)-- Great tearjerker romance from David Lean. Understated, haunting and beautifully acted. I cannot recommend this enough.
Notorious-- Great spy thriller, masterful direction and true suspense.
The Last Temptation of Christ-- Great spiritual epic drama from Scorcese. Heartfelt, reverent, and beautiful.
Castle of Calistrago-- Great Animated Feature, highly entertaining, not too schlocky or self-referential like a lot of current animated features. True adventure without the animal sidekick. 5/5
Untitled-- formerly known as Almost Famous : Take a great movie and make it even better? Yup.
Memento -- Seen it ten times and I'm still not tired of the web it weaves. Amazing.
Great Movies of the Hard-to-Watch variety, but these are considered controversial by people used to more conventional films :
Naked (Mike Leigh).. takes a while for the shock of this brutal movie to ebb away, but once it does and you sit through this one, something comes out of the story that will astound you.
Nil by Mouth Directed by Gary Oldman... solid, gripping, gritty and real.
The War Zone Directed by Tim Roth. Difficult to watch, but very affecting and well played.
Just a few recommendations.
Cheers,
Joseph

 

[Neil Joseph]

Hmmm, you are probably considering movies that are not major mainstream movies or those that are older classics since you say you are a film buff. How about movies like For A Few Dollars More which is erhaps one of the best westerns made. I also like films like The Colour Purple, Brigadoon, and Iron Monkey (the 1977 version).

 

[Jason P]

Can't believe nobody mentioned Rushmore, always thought that was a "must see" type of movie.

 

[Jens Raethel]

If you havnt seen Run Lola Run, you´ve missed a great film!

 

[Marc Colella]

Others that noone has mentioned:

The Sweet Hereafter
Trainspotting
Shallow Grave
Happiness
Insomnia
Welcome to the Dollhouse
The Slums of Beverly Hills
Out of Sight
Before Sunrise
Dazed and Confused
The Five Senses
Maelstrom
The Ice Storm
Jesus' Son
Waking the Dead
Killing Zoe
The Limey
The Red Violin
Last Night
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
You Can Count On Me
The Virgin Suicides